This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word. these are the words spoken by characters in a literary work. this is a form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or by a particular group of people. this is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language. this refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence. this is used by writers of scholarly books. it usually has longer sentences and a greater variety of words than everyday speech. slang, contractions, and jargon are avoided. this is what people use in everyday speech. it usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary. will give this is to speak or to write a passage from another source. it can also be the exact words that someone else has written or said. this is the ability to speak, read, or write a language; automatic word recognition, decoding, and checking for meaning. this is the way a word or language sounds when spoken. this is the version of the english language that is regarded as the model in america for writers and speakers who are considered educated. this is the vocabulary or words used by a particular profession or with a specific subject. word bank connotation dialect dialogue diction fluency formal language informal language lexicon pronunciation quote standard american english syntax